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SOMERSET — The Someset Youth Wrestling Club presented awards to its members last Thursday.

SOMERSET — The Someset Youth Wrestling Club presented awards to its members last Thursday.

Austin Cooley was named Most Dominating Wresller. His season record of 45-1 with 33 pins for a winning percentage of 98 percent. This season, Austin became the 2010 Massachusetts State Champ (3/4th Grade Division - 78 pounds), the 2010 Rhode Island State Champ (Intermediate Division - 80 pounds), making him a three time R.I. State Champ, and the 2010 New Hampshire Big Trophy Winner (3/4th Grade Division - 78 pounds). His only loss of the season was via score of 8-6 in the Wadsworth AAU Holiday Tournament to the wrestler who took third place in the 2010 MA State Championships (Novice Division - 85 pounds). Austin took first place in 15 different tournaments this season.

Alex Benevides was named the Best Middle School Wrestler. He had a season record of 17-14 with 11 pins for a winning percentage of 55 percent. This season Alex took third place in the 2010 MA State South Sectional Qualifier (Middle School Division - 175 pounds), and also took fourth place in the 2010 NH Big Trophy Winner (Middle School Division 75 pounds). Alex finished off the year in great fashion by bringing home the gold in his final tournament of the season.

Nathan Pacheco was named the Best Novice Wrestler. He had a season record of 30-7 with eight pins for a winning percentage of 81 percent This season Nathan took second place in the 2010 Massachusetts State Championships (Novice Division- 85 pounds), and took fifth place in the 2010 Youth New England Championships (Novice Division 85 pounds) where only the top place finishers from each New England state championship in the Novice and Middle School Division meet up to wrestle one another. Nathan took first place in six different tournaments this season.

Lucas Faria was named the Best Intermediate Wrestler. Lucas had a season record of 33-2 with 21 pins for a winning percentage of 94 percent. This season, Lucas became the 2010 Massachusetts State Champ (3/4th Grade Division - 96 pounds) and the 2010 Rhode Island State Champ (Intermediate Division — 99 pounds) making him a three time R.I. State Champ. Lucas took first place in nine different tournaments this season.

Dylan Cooley was named the Best Bantam Wrestler. He had a season record of 12-6 with eight pins for a winning percentage of 67 percent. This season was Dylan's first year of wrestling and even after missing the beginning of the season with a tooth injury he still finished with the most wins out of the bantam wrestlers on the team and became the 2010 R.I. State Champ (Bantam Division — 43 pounds). Dylan finished off the year in great fashion by bringing home the gold in his final tournament of the season. Jacob Faria was named the Most Improved Wrestler. He had a season record of 16-8 with 12 pins for a winning percentage of 67 percent. This season Jacob took second place in the 2010 R.I. State Championships (Novice Division - 90 pounds) and showed dramatic improvement from last year where he finished with a record of 1-8. Jacob finished off the year in great fashion by bringing home the gold in his final tournament of the season.

Ty Couto was named the Rookie of the Year. He had a season record of 16-13 with 13 pins for a winning percentage of 55 percent. This season Ty took second place in the 2010 R.I. State Championships (Intermediate Division - 92 pounds) and demonstrated the ability to pick up some of the techniques very fast. Ty finished off the year in great fashion by bringing home the gold in his final tournament of the season.

The Sportsmanship Award was presented to Zachary Aldrich. This was Zachary's first season of wrestling and even though he found himself at a disadvantage for most of his matches because of being in tough weight brackets in the Bantam Division and usually faced older kids, he always displayed a big smile at the end of his matches and demonstrated perfect sportsmanship throughout the season. Zachary's attitude deserves to be recognized as it always helped remind us coaches and parents that this is a "youth wrestling league."

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